project introduction
Reverse engineering is used for documentation, discovery, investigation, and improvement. For this project it was used for improvement. For each of these uses there is 3 stages visual, analysis, functional analysis, and structural analysis.
Visual analysis is looking at and objects elements and principals of design and analyzing it based on them
Functional analysis is hypothesizing what you think the function or purpose of the object is.
finally structural analysis is taking the object apart to either document discover investigate or redesign it
Visual analysis is looking at and objects elements and principals of design and analyzing it based on them
Functional analysis is hypothesizing what you think the function or purpose of the object is.
finally structural analysis is taking the object apart to either document discover investigate or redesign it
define a problem
generate concepts
develop a solution
construct and test a prototype
evaluate solution
I showed it to my mom and she was very impressed she thought that I could have had better colors and a door but she liked the hitch but she thought I should have done a different hitch style
My dad also thought it was very good he liked the background and thought the hitch and trailer were the best idea out of our brain storming list.
My dad also thought it was very good he liked the background and thought the hitch and trailer were the best idea out of our brain storming list.
present solution
This project was another great project, I really liked that we got to pick what we did to the car. My partner for this project was Kevin, we worked well together on this project. I feel like the work was split up pretty evenly and we came up with a good idea for the improvement/ addition. We decided on making the hitch and trailer, 1 because of our own personal interest and because of the decision matrix. Even though it didn't score the best on the decision matrix we still thought it would be the best idea for this project. Inventor for this project was not too difficult the inly thing I struggled with was the ball for the hitch and constraining every thing but other than that every thing went pretty smoothly inventor wise. When you are changing or enhancing a design you need to keep in mind is to all the analyses you preformed before you started. It is important to document the brainstorming process so you don't forget some of you ideas and also so you know how many ideas you have. Sketching my idea helps me visualize and gauge how hard it is going to be to make it because most of my designs are based of sketches. This helps me pick possible and the best ideas to use.